# adaptar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.ðəpˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.ðapˈtaɾ]
* Audio (Catalonia):(file)
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: a‧dap‧tar

### Verb

adaptar (first-person singular present adapto, first-person singular preterite adaptí, past participle adaptat)
* to adapt

#### Derived terms

* adaptació
* adaptable

### Further reading

* “adaptar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “adaptar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “adaptar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “adaptar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adapˈtaɾ/ [a.ð̞apˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧dap‧tar

### Verb

adaptar (first-person singular present adapto, first-person singular preterite adaptei, past participle adaptado)
* to adapt

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Further reading

* “adaptar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “adaptar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ido
### Verb

adaptar (present tense adaptas, past tense adaptis, future tense adaptos, imperative adaptez, conditional adaptus)
* to adapt

#### Conjugation
## Interlingua
### Verb

adaptar
* to adapt

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | adaptar | adaptar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | adaptante | adaptate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | adapta | ha adaptate |
| active | past | adaptava | habeva adaptate |
| active | future | adaptara | habera adaptate |
| active | conditional | adaptarea | haberea adaptate |
| active | imperative | adapta | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es adaptate | ha essite adaptate |
| passive | past | esseva adaptate | habeva essite adaptate |
| passive | future | essera adaptate | habera essite adaptate |
| passive | conditional | esserea adaptate | haberea essite adaptate |
| passive | imperative | sia adaptate | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adaptāre (“to fit, to adapt”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.dapˈta(ʁ)/ [a.dapˈta(h)], /a.da.piˈta(ʁ)/ [a.da.piˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.dapˈta(ʁ)/ [a.dapˈta(h)], /a.da.piˈta(ʁ)/ [a.da.piˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.dapˈta(ɾ)/, /a.da.piˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.dapˈta(ʁ)/ [a.dapˈta(χ)], /a.da.piˈta(ʁ)/ [a.da.piˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.dapˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.dɐˈptaɾ/ [ɐ.ðɐˈptaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.dɐˈptaɾ/ [ɐ.ðɐˈptaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.dɐˈpta.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðɐˈpta.ɾi]
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧dap‧tar

### Verb

adaptar (first-person singular present adapto, first-person singular preterite adaptei, past participle adaptado)
* to adapt (to make suitable)
    Synonym: ajustar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* adaptação
* adaptável

### Further reading

* “adaptar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adabˈtaɾ/ [a.ð̞aβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧dap‧tar

### Verb

adaptar (first-person singular present adapto, first-person singular preterite adapté, past participle adaptado)
* (transitive) to adapt, to adjust, to tailor (to make suitable)
    Synonyms: ajustar, acomodar
* (transitive) to adapt (to fit by alteration)
* (reflexive) to adapt (to change so as to be adapted)
* (reflexive) to suit, to fit

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* adaptable
* adaptador

#### Related terms

* adaptación
* adaptativo

### Further reading

* “adaptar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10